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[plaidpineapple.livejournal.com]

Which unisex names do you feel shouldn't be unisex?

For example, while the name Logan is used for both boys and girls, you feel it's masculine and should only be used for boys.

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[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

I hate pretty much all unisex names.

That said, my pet peeves are Riley and Rory. Riley/Ryley/Ryleigh/Rylee/etc. is an awful name on a boy, but just plain ridiculous on a girl. Rory is a fantastic name--for a man, not a trendy nickname-ish name for a girl.

Also Logan, Elliott/Eliot (I cringe even calling this name "unisex"), Carter/Karter, Blake, Hunter, Cooper, Jamie, Tucker, Tyler, Jordan, Jayden-Hayden-& Kayden, Cameron, Owen, Jesse (spelled like that), Parker, Chandler, and Dylan. All of them are strictly male names.

[roseofjuly.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm with you. I really dislike unisex names. They tend to be ridiculous on either sex because of the crossing.

I do kind of like Logan on a girl, but all the other examples you've used I just can't stand as names in general, much less as names on girls. Particularly Chandler, Dylan, and the -ayden brigade.

But I do like Blake Lively (not her name, but the actress) and Elliott from Scrubs.